Don't let me fool you.

I don't have it all together. Here's a song that I love... It came on this week on my way to work, and I just really needed to hear it. Maybe you will appreciate it as well today. 

Even Then

It's a fear that keeps me wide awake

In the middle of the night

When the expectations are too great

And the bar gets raised too high. 

So I do the best with what I've got

And hope that no one knows

That I strain to see how high I can

Try to stand on these toes

Until I'm measured

But You know better

So thank You, Jesus, 

Even when You see us just as we are

Fragile, frail, and so far

From who we wanna be.

So thank You, Jesus, 

Even when the pieces are broken and small

Dreams shatter and scatter like the wind

Thank You even then. 

So I put aside the masquerade

And admit that I am not ok

Which may not be the thing to say

But I'm not ashamed to need You

More each day.

We raise the standard

And try to reach You

But we'll never make it

And we don't need to...

--by Nichole Nordeman